The Desert Speaks"Sierra Madre Easter"
Travel around Chihuahua, Mexico, with host David Yetman and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's Jesus Garcia, a native of Mexico. Together they look at how traditions continue for the area's indigenous peoples while new arrivals contribute to Chihuahua's identity in other ways. The first stop is Paquime, site of one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cities in northwestern Mexico. D

8:30 am

Ciao Italia"Onions Make The Meal/Le Cipolle Fanno Il Pasto"
Mary Ann visits Guy's garden to harvest a fresh crop of onions for two of her favorite recipes. Then it's nella cucina, where she creates a masterpiece of pastry and vegetables: the Onion Tart. And what do to with those big fat onions? Neapolitan-Style Onions, of course. D

9:00 am

Cooking Odyssey"Rapsani/Olympos"
Eva explores the mountain of the 12 ancient Greek gods and a vineyard with a unique selection of wines and Chef Yianni makes stifatho, moustalevria and spanakopita. D

GardenSMART
Fewer insects, fewer diseases, less heat stress (on the plants and the gardener) make the cooler days of fall very rewarding in the vegetable garden. Don't overlook the opportunity to extend the season for fresh vegetables. Tune in as GardenSMART plants a fall vegetable garden. D

11:00 am

Bluegrass Underground"The Del McCoury Band"
Band patriarch Del McCoury has impeccable traditional credentials, including an early-'60s stint with Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, a 2010 National Heritage Fellowship and 2011 induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. But the Grammy-winning singer/guitarist who personifies the "High Lonesome" sound also takes it to new frontiers playing with everyone from jam band Phish to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. McCoury's band features sons Ronnie (mandolin) and Rob (banjo), with fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartram. D

11:30 am

Music Voyager"Israel: Tel Aviv - Rocking Israel"
Tel Aviv, Israel's biggest city, is a vibrant and striking blend of old and new. From the ancient port of Jaffa to modern skyscrapers and trendy nightclubs, Tel Aviv is the epicenter of Israel's arts scene and most of the country's top musicians live in and around the city. Music Voyager host Jacob Edgar meets Ehud Banai, the revered singer-songwriter who hails from one of Israel's most important musical families. D

12:00 pm

Sesame Street"Tribute to Number Seven"
Today is the number seven day on Sesame Street! Rosita, Abby, and Zoe begin singing about the number seven as they count seven dancing chickens. Next, Maria does the number seven rumba. As the seven celebration continues, a sniffling letter "S" arrives. D

1:00 pm

Dinosaur Train"A Heck of a Neck/Gilbert Visits The Nest"
The Pteranodon kids have a Nature Trackers adventure when they meet Denise Diplodocus, a super-long, super big dinosaur. At first the kids mistake Denise's neck for a snake, and tail as a bridge. Later, Denise amazes the kids, telling them how hard it is for her to raise up her long, heavy neck. D

1:30 pm

Super Why!"Baby Dino's Big Discovery"
ROAR! Pig invited his friends over to play dinosaurs, but Whyatt can't figure out which toy dinosaur he has. So he super readers soar into Baby Dino's Big Discovery where they lend a hand to a baby dinosaur searching for his mommy. They'll need to look closely to figure out what kind of dinosaur Baby Dino is. D

2:00 pm

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!"A Sweet Deal/King of Swing"
A Sweet Deal - Sally and Nick are having a hard time getting customers to come to their "cafe". What can they do? The Cat takes them to meet Eddy the honeyguide bird. Eddy shows them how he guides humans to bees' nests by making noise and putting on a show. D

2:30 pm

Wild Kratts"Googly-Eye: The Night Guru"
The Kratt brothers secretly "borrow" Aviva's half finished night vision goggles to go in search of a mysterious nocturnal creature. But when the unstable goggles stop working, the brothers find themselves taken in by the nocturnal society of the tarsier. As they investigate, the Wild Kratts team discovers that nocturnal creatures only come out at night and learn that eyes help a creature see by collecting the light that comes from objects all around. D

3:00 pm

Wyland's Art Studio"Florida's Manatee"
Learn how to use light, shadow, and hues to create 3-dimensional effects.G

Inventions That Shook The World"The 1950s"
The decade heralds the end of vacuum tubes and the rise of mobile technologies when two Japanese inventors shrink cabinet-size radios down to something small enough to fit in a pocket. A crime scene photographer puts boozy breath to work busting drunk drivers. Aircraft crash investigators get a foolproof witness that rides in a black box with the crew. Part 6 of 10G

NOVA"Mystery of Easter Island"
Rapa Nui, the bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, known as Easter Island, has been a place of mystery since Europeans first arrived in 1722. How did ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues weighing up to 86 tons each. A NOVA team uses a 15-ton replica statue to test out controversial recent claims on how the statues might have been moved.G

7:00 pm

Inventions That Shook The World"The 1950s"
The decade heralds the end of vacuum tubes and the rise of mobile technologies when two Japanese inventors shrink cabinet-size radios down to something small enough to fit in a pocket. A crime scene photographer puts boozy breath to work busting drunk drivers. Aircraft crash investigators get a foolproof witness that rides in a black box with the crew. Part 6 of 10G

8:00 pm

After Words
After Words movingly illuminates the struggle of individuals with aphasia, an acquired communication disorder. Often the result of stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurological disease, aphasia affects an individual's ability to speak. It is often mistaken for a disorder of intelligence or personality. D

9:00 pm

NOVA scienceNOW"What Are Animals Thinking?"
Host David Pogue meets - and competes - with a menagerie of smart critters that challenge preconceived notions about what makes "us" different from "them," expanding our understanding of how animals really think.G

10:00 pm

NOVA"Mystery of Easter Island"
Rapa Nui, the bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, known as Easter Island, has been a place of mystery since Europeans first arrived in 1722. How did ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues weighing up to 86 tons each. A NOVA team uses a 15-ton replica statue to test out controversial recent claims on how the statues might have been moved.G

11:00 pm

Inventions That Shook The World"The 1950s"
The decade heralds the end of vacuum tubes and the rise of mobile technologies when two Japanese inventors shrink cabinet-size radios down to something small enough to fit in a pocket. A crime scene photographer puts boozy breath to work busting drunk drivers. Aircraft crash investigators get a foolproof witness that rides in a black box with the crew. Part 6 of 10G